Improved paint



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS C. LAMB, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IM PROVED PAINT.

Specification fozlning part of Letters Patent No. 58,840, dated October 16, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. LAMB, of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have produced a new and useful article of manufacture consisting in Textile Colors or Paints; and I do hereby de clare that the following is a full and exact description thereof.

The nature of my invention consists in the application of textile fabrics or Woven cloth dyed with any dyeing-stufl's not fixed to the purposes of painting the human body.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its preparation and application.

It is a known fact that when the textile fabrics, as cotton, linen, wool, or silk, are dyed with dyeing-stuffs without being previously subjected to the operation of mordants the colors with which those fablics are dyed do not become fixed, but can be washed off readily. This principle is taken by me to produce my colors or paints as a new article of manufacture for the purpose of painting the human body. The textile fabrics or woven cloth being first very slightly subjected to the action of mordants, or not subjected to it at all, are dyed with any known dyeing-stuffs in I such a manner as to lay or form a thick coat of color on those fabrics. The cloth thus dyed is cut into small pieces, convenient for use or handling, and put up in little boxes, each containing one and the same color or a variety of colors.

To use these colors or paints for painting the human body a piece of textile paint is taken out of the box, and after being wetted or dampened is slightly rubbed on the flesh, and as its dyeing-stuff is not fixed it will detach itself from the fabric and remain on the human flesh.

These paints maybe carried about and used by ladies as rouge, or by actors and other persons, with more convenience and case than any other kind of paints intended for the same purpose.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The application of the textile fabrics or woven cloth dyed with any dyeing-stuffs not fixed to the purposes of painting the human flesh.

THOMAS C. LAMB.

Witnesses:

A. HAUFF, J. R. DAERING. 

